State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Maine vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Maine, $50,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.8% — not 50.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.3%
Maine vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-44.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $50,090
- p25
- $41,190
- p75
- $59,690
- p10
- $35,900
- p90
- $75,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $100,770
- p25
- $77,860
- p75
- $162,020
- p10
- $49,500
- p90
- $327,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.